我還愛他喔 五月我開始約會台灣留學生了，他叫雷克斯。 我真快就愛上他，可不到一個月後他要回家了。 我們用Skype還保持連絡，常聊天。我越來越愛他。 可是左右八月，他的學校更困難了。有一天我們聊，他說非常不高興，等不及地想週末跟我再聊天。 不過那個週末，那個以後的週末，從沒上Skype。(but he never got on Skype--not that weekend, nor the weekend after that) 我每個星期都寫封信給他。然後左右四個星期以後，一個朋友傳我簡訊了。 說雷克斯的Facebook說他是單身了，沒我們的照片了。 兩個月經過，到他的生日了。因為儘管所有事情我還愛他，想他還好或者更不高興，（I thought he was still really--or even more--unhappy)所以送禮物給他了。 幾天以後，他終於給我打電話。好短，但我好高興。他說他媽讓我停下Facebook，說了直到他畢業大學和誰也不可以約會。 我真想說的事很多，但沒時間了。 幾個星期以前我又送他聖誕禮物，好希望他快再給我打電話。 現在用中文寫詳細太難，但是我們的關係好好像「忘了，忘不了」和「羅密歐與朱麗葉」，所以未來我要關於它寫小說。我還在等結局。

這些語尾助詞是什麼意思？囉, 喔, 耶, 咧 What do these particles mean? 我已經知道了幾個強調的語尾助詞，例如“唷”和“阿”。可你們能教我這些的特別台灣人用的意思嗎？ I already know some sentence ending particles, like "yo" and "a." But could you explain the meaning of these words that especially Taiwanese people use? 囉 喔 耶 咧 謝謝＾＾

"誰會打球？" Why does it use 會 and not 能？ Why don't they use 能 here? Doesn't everyone have the *capacity* to play a ballgame? Or, if they used 能, would the nuance be different? I'm going to make a guess. Since 會 means to "learn how to," are they specifically looking for someone who has really learned how to play through experience or by taking lessons--so basically, they're looking for someone GOOD who can play. If they used 能, they'd just be looking for anyone who can play--the person doesn't need to be good, they just need to want to play (and now have any physical disabilities, etc.) Am I right?

Sometimes I see 太 and 會 used without 了 and 的. Why? I've learned that whenever you say something it 太 (too) xxx, you HAVE to put 了 at the end of the sentence. But I've seen several examples where people don't use 了 (and it's not 不太 either, by the way), such as: 但是，中國人說中文說得太快。 ex. #2: 第七課的語法很容易，我都懂，可是生詞太多，漢字也有一點難。 (both examples taken from "Integrated Chinese") I've also learned that when you're talking about the future, 會 must ALWAYS be followed by 的. Chinesepod.com and Chineseclass101.com have both stressed this. However, when I wrote, for example, 我會到台灣去的, all 4 people who corrected me took out the 的. I have also seen someone write "雖然不知道未來會有什麼事...", again without the 的. What are the exact rules for using 了 and 的 in these cases that textbooks and other learning materials just aren't telling me?

Does 睡覺睡得晚 mean "to sleep (until) late" or "to go to bed late"? Is there any distinction in that sentence--can it mean both, depending on the context, or is there a different way to say the two sentences?